King James Version
Genesis 41:5 in the King James Version says “And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. rank: H...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. rank: Heb. fat”
Genesis 41:5 · KJV
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed ; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. rank: Heb. fat
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he slept”
H3462properly, to be slack or languid, i.e., (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
“and dreamed”
H2492properly, to bind firmly, i.e., (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
“and behold seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“ears of corn”
H7641a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
“came up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“stalk”
H7070a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
“and good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
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